Hillary Clinton: On the Issues

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Iraq
  • Decrease U.S. troops levels and bring war to end. Declines to specify particulars until in office.

  • Leave a U.S. military presence to protect American embassies and civilians, train Iraqi troops, and carry out counterterrorism activities.

  • Opposes a permanent occupation.


Health Care
  • Provide health insurance for all Americans.

  • Allow citizens to keep their existing health coverage, choose from plans available to members of Congress, or opt for public plan (like Medicare).

  • Create health-care tax credits for individuals and small businesses to offset cost of insurance.

  • Prevent insurance companies from dropping or denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions or illness.


Energy/Environment
  • Reduce American dependence on foreign oil by at least 50 percent by 2025.

  • Invest in clean energy technologies.

  • Establishing a national market-based program to reduce global-warming pollution.

  • Eliminate oil companies' tax breaks and require them to pay for drilling on public lands.

  • Create a fund for research, development, and deployment of renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean-coal technology, ethanol and other homegrown biofuels.


Immigration
  • Add more border security, particularly on the Northern border.

  • Stronger inspections of cargo on ships and airplanes.

  • Impose harsh penalties on those who hire undocumented workers.

  • Create a stronger system to help law-abiding immigrants earn citizenship.


Gay Marriage/Abortion
  • Opposes gay marriage, but supports same-sex civil unions.

  • Pro-choice


Foreign Relations/National Security
  • Reignite diplomatic efforts in global hotspots.

  • Use diplomacy and sanctions to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.


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